Academic and Professional Background

Graduate in Sociology and Statistics from University of Munich. Research Fellow at Institute of Sociology at Free University Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research and Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg. PhD in Sociology from Helmut Schmidt University. Freelance Researcher and Lecturer at Humboldt University and HWR Berlin. Visiting Professor of Economics and Gender Relations in Winter 2012 and Summer 2013 at HWR Berlin.

International Cooperation

• Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain, Research Network CAPRIGHT (2006-2010): "Resources, Rights and Capabilities: In search of social foundations for Europe"
• Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut in Göttingen (SOFI e.V.), Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in Düsseldorf (WSI), Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin (DIW)

Expertise in

• Employment and Gender
• Quantitative Data Analysis, especially longitudinal analysis